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12-23-2010, 09:25 AM | #1 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Oklahoma City, OK
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| Antler chews Has anyone used the Antler chews and are they safe?
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12-23-2010, 09:45 AM | #2 |
T. Bumpkins & Co. Donating YT Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: New England
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| I have used them. My dogs initially liked them, then got bored and ignored them. I will not use them now because the vet dental office informed me that they could crack teeth. I stick to flexible nylabone for chews since my dogs cannot have bully sticks.
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12-23-2010, 09:48 AM | #3 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Oklahoma City, OK
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| Just curious...is there a reason your dogs can't have bully sticks? I wonder because I just ordered some. Thanks.
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12-23-2010, 09:53 AM | #4 | |
T. Bumpkins & Co. Donating YT Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: New England
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Yes, there are medical reasons why my dogs cannot have bully sticks -- Barney has a history of two life threatening bouts of pancreatitis that occurred after he ate a superpremium canned dog food. He is on a very low fat home cooked diet for the rest of his life. Daisy has liver shunting and the protein content would make her very ill. Teddy has a sensitive tummy and throws them up and I've also had to retreive a wad of bully stick from his throat while he was choking because he really isn't that skilled with chewing.
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12-23-2010, 10:19 AM | #5 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Oklahoma City, OK
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| OK, thanks. So far mine haven't had any medical problems, so I guess I'll go ahead and let them chew them. I will keep an eye on them so they won't choke. Thank you!
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12-23-2010, 12:33 PM | #6 |
YT Addict Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Philadelphia PA
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| I have better luck with the antlers. They like the Himalayan Chews the very best of all. I still don't have good luck with either bully sticks or flossies. Sorry.
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12-23-2010, 12:44 PM | #7 |
YT Addict Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Tallahassee, FL, USA
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| Mine never even acknowledged the antler existed. I ended up sending it home with my son's jack russell terrier who thought it was great.
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12-23-2010, 03:16 PM | #8 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Charlotte, NC
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| Levi likes antlers and is actually even getting a new one for Christmas. He will chew on it if nothing better (like a bully stick) is laying around when he gets the urge to chew. He LOVES bully sticks though.
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12-23-2010, 10:29 PM | #9 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: River Falls, WI
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| Duke has no interest in antlers, but in all fairness as no interest in anything that is not a ball. Piper will chew on hers about 2 times a week, but prefers the bullies or himalayan chews. But she hasn't made much progress on the antler, while she can finish a bully pretty fast and a himalayan chew in a decent amount of time if I let her constantly chew on it. |
12-23-2010, 10:46 PM | #10 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: BC, Canada
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12-27-2010, 08:43 PM | #11 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: anderson
Posts: 30
| I have three antlers that all of my dogs love. They dont stink and they last FOREVER. I also have never had my dogs crack their teeth on it or anything like that. I feel like they are safer because they can not be broken into small pieces and choked on. |
12-28-2010, 08:15 AM | #12 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Oklahoma City, OK
Posts: 799
| Thank you to everyone on your input about the antler chews. I may get a couple and see how they do. If they don't like them, then I just won't get any more and will go back to bully sticks or himalayan chews. Thanks again.
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12-28-2010, 08:58 AM | #13 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Maryland
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| Max did not like them much. Mickey loves them. Not sure where he hid it at. Neither is he-LOL They like the bully sticks or himalayan chews more.
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